General Matthew B. Ridgway : from progressivism to Reaganism, 1895-1993 / Jonathan M. Soffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soffer, Jonathan M., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993.

Ridgway, Matthew B.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

United States.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States. Army.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.

Summary:

The life of one of America's greatest military commanders turned Cold Warrior is detailed.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Ridgway and the Corporate Order 1

Chapter 2 Early Life 11

Chapter 3 Military Diplomacy and Hemisphere Defense on the Eve of World War II 29

Chapter 4 Training the All-American 35

Chapter 5 The Lessons of Sicily 45

Chapter 6 Narrating the 82d from Northern Ireland to Normandy 57

Chapter 7 From the Battle of the Bulge to VE-Day 69

Chapter 8 The Perils of Peace: Matthew Bunker Ridgway and the Postwar Order, 1946-1947 83

Chapter 9 Ridgway and the Latin American Military: The Truman Years 95

Chapter 10 The Korean War 109

Chapter 11 Problems of Supreme Command 129

Chapter 12 The Far East and Europe: Ridgway as a Theater Commander 151

Chapter 13 Chief of Staff: Ridgway and the New Look, 1953-1956 175

Chapter 14 1954: McCarthy and Dienbienphu 193

Chapter 15 Ridgway in "Retirement" 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-228) and index.

ISBN:

0275950743

OCLC:

37903581